diff --git a/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go b/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
index 33c83b7ede..14fe578a8f 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/consolecmd_test.go
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ func TestConsoleWelcome(t *testing.T) {
 	geth.SetTemplateFunc("goarch", func() string { return runtime.GOARCH })
 	geth.SetTemplateFunc("gover", runtime.Version)
 	geth.SetTemplateFunc("gethver", func() string { return params.VersionWithCommit("", "") })
-	geth.SetTemplateFunc("niltime", func() string { return time.Unix(0, 0).Format(time.RFC1123) })
+	geth.SetTemplateFunc("niltime", func() string {
+		return time.Unix(0, 0).Format("Mon Jan 02 2006 15:04:05 GMT-0700 (MST)")
+	})
 	geth.SetTemplateFunc("apis", func() string { return ipcAPIs })
 
 	// Verify the actual welcome message to the required template